EP1379766B1 - Feedforward engine control governing system - Google Patents

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EP1379766B1
EP1379766B1 EP02756085A EP02756085A EP1379766B1 EP 1379766 B1 EP1379766 B1 EP 1379766B1 EP 02756085 A EP02756085 A EP 02756085A EP 02756085 A EP02756085 A EP 02756085A EP 1379766 B1 EP1379766 B1 EP 1379766B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D31/00—Use of speed-sensing governors to control combustion engines, not otherwise provided for
    • F02D31/001—Electric control of rotation speed
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/02—Circuit arrangements for generating control signals
    • F02D41/14—Introducing closed-loop corrections
    • F02D41/1401—Introducing closed-loop corrections characterised by the control or regulation method
    • F02D2041/1409—Introducing closed-loop corrections characterised by the control or regulation method using at least a proportional, integral or derivative controller
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/02—Circuit arrangements for generating control signals
    • F02D41/14—Introducing closed-loop corrections
    • F02D41/1401—Introducing closed-loop corrections characterised by the control or regulation method
    • F02D2041/141—Introducing closed-loop corrections characterised by the control or regulation method using a feed-forward control element

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  • the invention relates to industrial internal combustion engines, and more particularly to a governing system for holding the engine at constant speed.
  • the invention has application to various industrial internal combustion engines, including natural gas engines, diesel engines, gas turbine engines, etc.
  • the invention is used with an industrial internal combustion engine used to drive an electrical power generator for a utility, factory, or the like, preferably matching a desired frequency such as 60 Hz in the United States or 50 Hz in Europe, notwithstanding load changes.
  • the invention has other applications where it is desired to hold the engine at some constant speed.
  • Industrial internal combustion engines use governors to hold the engine at a constant speed.
  • a feedback system responds to the engine and supplies a feedback signal to the governor which compares observed speed against desired speed to generate a delta or error signal which is supplied to the engine throttle to correctively increase or decrease engine speed in an attempt to drive the delta or error signal to zero.
  • Natural gas engines have poorer load response than diesel engines so that a large load placed on a natural gas engine may stall the engine or may result in an unacceptably low dip in engine speed. Response time is particularly important when the driven load is an electrical generator when isolated from the electric utility grid. In these applications, it is important to minimize the magnitude and duration of excursion from synchronous frequency. Relying only upon feedback necessarily requires delay because the engine speed change must first be sensed before it can be corrected.
  • a feedforward system provides quicker response, and can be used to anticipate engine speed changes. It is known in the prior art to sense load changes and then send an anticipation signal to the engine control unit to change throttle position before the feedback system senses a speed change. This reduces frequency excursions caused by load transients.
  • This type of feedforward system based on load sensing to provide an anticipation signal is disclosed in "Load Pulse Unit", Woodward Product Specification 82388C, 1998.
  • a similar system is known from DE 34 00 951 to control automotive internal combustion engines.
  • load anticipation trim signals are provided as feedforward signals which anticipate engine response to changes in commanded engine loading.
  • the feedforward signals are summed with the feedback system error signal to control the throttle, for which further reference may be had to Thornberg et al U.S. Patent 5,429,089, incorporated herein by reference.
  • the present invention provides a governing system for an industrial internal combustion engine and relies upon predictively anticipating load change to maintain constant engine speed notwithstanding load changes.
  • the amount of extra required torque is known ahead of time, at least approximately, and precise control is initiated before the extra load is actually applied.
  • the invention is applicable in a PID, proportional integral differential or derivative, control loop to directly set the integral term with an update applied only once, without re-application.
  • Fig. 1 shows an engine control system 10, known in the prior art, for an industrial internal combustion engine 12 driving a load 14 and desired to run at constant speed as controlled by an engine control unit 16 including a governor controlling an engine throttle 18 by a throttle control signal 20.
  • a governing system is provided for holding the engine at relatively constant speed, and includes a feedback system responsive to the engine and supplying a feedback speed/torque measurement signal 22 to engine control unit 16 to enable the governor to attempt to maintain constant engine speed via throttle control signal 20 supplied to throttle 18.
  • the operator supplies a desired speed or rpm signal at signal 24 input to engine control unit 16 which compares the actual or observed speed at 22 against the desired speed at 24, and responds to the difference or delta therebetween as an error signal to adjust throttle 18 to attempt to drive such delta or error signal to zero.
  • a system control unit 26 is provided for controlling load 14 via load control signal 28, and may be responsive to the desired speed or rpm set by the operator at input 30.
  • a desired frequency is 60 Hz in the United States, and 50 Hz in Europe.
  • the present invention is applicable where the magnitude of the driven load 14 is known at least approximately.
  • the magnitude of the load can either be estimated from the power and torque requirements and inertia of the driven load 14 or measured experimentally.
  • the present system directly sets an integral term in a PID, proportional integral differential or derivative, control loop, to be described, and relies upon the amount of extra required torque to be substantially or at least approximately known before it is actually needed. Precise control is achieved by modifying the integrator term only once, after which control reverts to the PID control loop, without re-application of an update term otherwise responsive to engine speed change or load change or load command signal change.
  • Fig. 2 shows an engine control system 40 in accordance with the invention and uses like reference numerals from above where appropriate to facilitate understanding.
  • the governing system holds the engine at relatively constant speed, notwithstanding load changes, by predictively anticipating load change in the above noted situation.
  • the governing system includes a feedback system, as above, responsive to engine 12 and supplying a first input at 22 to engine control unit 16 to enable the governor to attempt to maintain constant engine speed.
  • System control unit 26 controls load 14 and supplies a second input at 42 to engine control unit 16.
  • First input 22 is a feedback input responsive to engine speed change after such change.
  • Input 42 is a feedforward input anticipating engine speed change before such change in the above noted controlled situation where the load and inertia of the system are known, at least approximately, in advance. There is no need to wait for an engine speed error or delta signal nor a load sensor signal nor a load anticipation trim signal to be summed with a feedback signal. This is an advantage in the above noted situation where the amount of extra required torque is known before it is actually needed, and is utilized in the present system.
  • System control unit 26 has the noted input at 30, and first and second outputs at 28 and 42, respectively. Input 30 of system control unit 26 is responsive to the operator command. Output 28 of system control unit 26 is supplied to load 14 and provides the noted load control signal thereto. Output 42 of system control unit 26 is supplied to engine control unit 16 and provides a feedforward load-coming signal thereto in anticipation of load change as controlled by system control unit 26. System control unit 26 supplies feedforward load-coming signal 42 to engine control unit 16 without waiting for engine speed change and without waiting for load change. Such feedforward load-coming signal is a step change one-time-only signal preferably applied to a PID control loop to directly set the integral term, to be described.
  • system control unit 26 supplies feedforward load-coming signal 42 from system control unit 26 to engine control unit 16 no later than application of load control signal 28 from system control unit 26 to load 14.
  • system control unit 26 sequences outputs 28 and 42 in response to the operator command at 30 such that feedforward load-coming signal 42 is supplied to engine control unit 16 a known time before load control signal 28 is applied to load 14, as provided by a known delay 27 at he noted first output of system control unit 26.
  • Engine control unit 16 preferably includes a PID, proportional integral differential or derivative, control loop 50, Fig. 3, having an input 52 from the difference between desired engine speed 24 and observed engine speed 22, and having an output at 54 providing throttle control signal 20 to engine 12.
  • PID control loop 50 includes a proportional term 56, an integral term 58, and a differential or derivative term 60, as known in the prior art, for example The Art Of Control Engineering, K. Dutton, S. Thompson, B. Barraclough, Addison Wesley Longman, 1997, pages 280-282.
  • the portion of Fig. 3 described thus far, as shown at the left half of Fig. 3, is known in the prior art, and is a typical feedback control algorithm.
  • the proportional term 56 passes a signal proportional to the error signal, i.e.
  • the integral term 58 is proportional to the time integral of the error signal, for averaging, to minimize overreaction to sudden peaks or valleys.
  • the differential or derivative term 60 is proportional to the time derivative of the error signal, to provide response to rate of change of speed over time. The combination of these aspects is known in the prior art, and is preferred in the present invention for simplicity and application in accordance with known technology.
  • load-coming signal 42, Fig. 2 is applied, following delayed timer logic 62, Fig. 3, as a direct update at 64 to integral term 58.
  • Update 64 applied to integral term 58 is a predetermined set value applied only once to integral term 58, without re-application.
  • the delay provided at 62 allows sequencing control so that the direct update signal at 64 is applied at a known time after application of the load-coming signal 42.
  • the update is applied at 64 as a one-time-only transition, as opposed to a ramp time 70 gradually applying a delta error signal along ramp 72 as in the prior art.
  • the transition at 64 rather than at 72 is enabled because of the noted controlled situation wherein the load and inertia are known.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates performance in accordance with the invention.
  • the left vertical axis shows frequency in hertz, and the right vertical axis shows percent load change.
  • a 75% load step applied as shown at 80 to a Waukesha Engine 7044GSIE engine results in a frequency dip at 82 to 51.5 Hz at 84 from 60 Hz at 86.
  • the frequency excursion from 60 Hz is 14%.
  • the frequency excursion from 60 Hz is 9%. This improvement in frequency excursion is significant in electrical utility applications.
  • the average frequency for the thirty seconds around transient 80 without the present invention is 59.5 Hz, whereas the average frequency for the thirty seconds around transient 88 with the present invention is 59.9 Hz.
  • This differential in average frequency around a transient, with and without the invention, is significant in electrical utility applications.
  • Fig. 6 shows flow chart software and methodology in accordance with the invention.
  • the load-coming mode at 42 is not enabled, then the integral term update value at 64 is set to zero, and the PID control loop proceeds as noted above.
  • the load-coming mode is enabled, then an enquiry is made as to whether the load-coming mode is active. If the load-coming mode is already active, then an enquiry is made as to whether the timer has expired, to be described. If the load-coming mode is not active, then an enquiry is made as to whether the load-coming signal 42 is on. If not, then the integral term update is set to zero, and the PID loop continues as above.
  • the load-coming signal is on, then there is a load-coming signal at 42, and the load-coming mode is set to active, which starts a timer.
  • An enquiry is made as to whether the timer has expired, and if not, then such enquiry is updated and the integral term update is set to zero.
  • the integral term update value is provided at 64, whereafter the load-coming mode is made inactive, and the integral term is updated at 58. This process is repeated for each invocation, namely each activation by system control unit 26.
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